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'City faces onslaught of crime'
Cable thieves caught in the act
CRIME SCENE: Lotus River, Cape Town: The City of Cape Town has called on the National Prosecting Authority (NPA) and South African Police Service (SAPS) to oppose bail for three alleged cable thieves.
On Monday evening, 20 July 2026 the City’s Law Enforcement officers arrested the three suspects in Plantation Road, Lotus River.
The suspects were caught in the act after being spotted on CCTV. Officers also confiscated a shovel, large knives and a pair of wire cutters.
“Our City is facing an onslaught of cable theft and those accused of infrastructure-related crimes should not be allowed back into our communities while awaiting trial,” said the City’s Mayoral Committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith.
“Cable theft is not a victimless crime. It disrupts essential services, causes widespread inconvenience for residents and businesses, places an enormous financial burden on taxpayers and can compromise public safety.
“Gangsterism, housebreakings, car theft and other crimes flourish in the dark. A message must be sent to the syndicates behind this constant theft that, if caught, you will stay behind bars,” said Smith.
He thanked the communities who are “diligently reporting cable theft to the City”. Any suspected cable theft can be reported to 021 480 7700.
Twee kritiek, talle ander lig beseer
2 sterf in Franschhoek-botsing
ONGELUKSTONEEL: Franschhoek, Stellenbosch: Ten minste twee mense is Dinsdagaand, 21 Julie 2026 dood in ‘n kop-aan-kop botsing tussen ‘n ligte motorvoertuig en ‘n vragmotor.
Die Stellenbosch Munisipaliteit het in ‘n verklaring gesê die ongeluk het op die R45 naby die Paserene Wynplaas buite Franschhoek plaasgevind. Twee mense is kritiek beseer en verskeie ander het ligte tot geringe beserings opgedoen.
“Amptenare van die Stellenbosch Munisipaliteit se verkeersdienste, wetstoepassing, ambulans en SAPD was op die toneel,” het die Munisipaliteit gesê.
Victim shot in the head
Body found on field
CRIME SCENE: Mitchells Plain, Cape Town: The South African Police Service (SAPS) are investigating a murder case following the discovery of a body in Lentegeur.
Captain FC Van Wyk, a media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, said Lentegeur police attended to a complaint about a shooting on Tuesday, 21 July 2026 at an open field in Lobelia Street.
“When the members arrived at the scene at about 15:30 they found a male in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the head laying on the field. Circumstances surrounding this incident are under investigation. The motive and suspect is unknown,” said Van Wyk.
Multiple injuries in tragic Franschhoek crash
Two die as truck, car collide
ACCIDENT SCENE: Franschhoek, Stellenbosch: At least two people were killed in a head-on collision between a light motor vehicle and a truck on Tuesday night, 21 July 2026.
The Stellenbosch Municipality said in a statement the accident occurred on the R45 near Paserene Wine Farm outside Franschhoek. Two people were also critically innured and several others sustained slight to minor injuries.
“Officials from Stellenbosch Municipality traffic services, law enforcement, ambulances and SAPS were on the scene,” said the Municipality.
Twee dood, een gewond in skietery
Polisie soek 4 ná tiener-moorde
MISDAADTONEEL: Eersterivier, Kaapstad: Die polisie is op soek na vier verdagtes ná ‘n dodelike skietery Dinsdag, 21 Julie 2026.
Twee tieners, onderskeidelik 17 en 18-jaar-oud, is dood en ‘n 16-jarige gewond tydens die skietery op die eerste dag van die nuwe skoolkwartaal.
‘n Skakelbeampte vir die Wes-Kaapse polisie, Kaptein FC Van Wyk, het bevestig twee moordsake en een poging tot moord is geopen na die aanval in Feyenoord-straat, Dennemere in Eersterivier.
Volgens Van Wyk het die skietery omstreeks 08:50 plaasgevind toe verskeie skote op ‘n perseel in Feyenoord-straat gevuur is. Volgens verslae het die slagoffers by die adres gestaan toe vier onbekende mans op hulle losbrand.
Die ouer tieners is op die toneel dood en die 16-jarige is na ‘n nabygeleë hospitaal gehaas.
Geen arrestasies is nog gemaak nie.
One teenager survives deadly shooting
4 on the run after teens killed
CRIME SCENE: Eerste River, Cape Town: Four suspects are on the run following a deadly shooting on Tuesday, 21 July 2026.
The shooting left two teenagers, aged 17 and 18-years, dead and a 16-year-old wounded on the first day of the new school term.
A media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, Captain FC Van Wyk, confirmed that two murder cases and one attempted murder have been opened after the attack in Feyenoord Street, Dennemere in Eerste River.
According to Van Wyk the shooting happened at about 08:50 when multiple shots were fired at a premises in Feyenoord Street. According to reports, the victims were standing at the address when four unknown men approached and opened fire on them.
The older teenagers died at the scene and the 16-year-old was rushed to a nearby hospital.
No arrests have been made yet.
Wetstoepassers raak toe baba oppassers
Goedheid seëvier in Delft
WETSTOEPASSERS van die Stad Kaapstad het weereens gewys daar is nog goed in die wêreld ten spyte van al die onsmaaklikhede – messtekery, vuurwapen skote en oorloë – wat ons daagliks in die gesig staar.
Net vroeër vandag het Crime Scene Report ‘n storie gepubliseer oor ‘n pasgebore baba se liggaam wat in ‘n vlak graf in Hanover Park gevind is. Twee mense is reeds gearresteer geneem vir hierdie afskuwelikste van misdade.
Maar tog moet ons nie ons oë en ore toemaak vir die goeie goed wat daagliks reg voor ons gebeur nie. Ja, daar is steeds goeie mense. VANDAG SE HELDE!
Neem die geval van boegenoemde wetstoepassingsbeamptes wat sowat 23:00 op Sondagaand, 19 Julie 2026 besig was om voertuie in Delft afgetrek het.
Terwyl die beamptes ‘n verkeersboete uitgereik het, het hulle ‘n man sien verbyloop met ‘n huilende baba.
By nadere ondersoek, sê die beamptes, het hulle opgemerk dat die kind nie warm genoeg aangetrek was vir die toestande nie, en ook nie met ‘n kombers toegemaak was nie. Daarbenewens het hulle ook gesien die man, wat homself as die baba se pa geïdentifiseer het, smoordronk was.
Die beamptes het onmiddellik opgetree en die baba, saam met die pa, na die Delft-polisiestasie geneem waar hulle maatskaplike werkers in die hande gekry het om die saak te ondersoek en die kind na ‘n plek van veiligheid te ne neem.
“’n Mens kan net wonder wat sou gebeur het as ons beamptes nie ingegryp het nie. Slegs die afgelope week het wetstoepassers 93 motoriste vir dronkbestuur gearresteer.
“Hierdie voorvalle is ‘n bewys daarvan hoe ons alkoholmisbruik genormaliseer het, terwyl dit in werklikheid een van die mees verwoestende uitdagings vir ons sosiale struktuur bly,” het die Stad se Burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Veiligheid en Sekuriteit, Raadslid JP Smith, gesê.
Officers rescue baby on cold Cape night
Hero cops show soft side
DAILY we read about the bad things going on in society – gunshots, stabbings even wars.
Just earlier today Crime Scene Report published a story about a newborn baby’s body that was found in a shallow grave in Hanover Park. Two people had already been taken in for custody for this most heinous of crimes.
But yet, we shouldn’t close our eyes and ears to the good things all around. Yes, there are still good people. MODERN DAY HEROES!
Take the case of Law Enforcement Officers from the City of Cape Town who were conducting a traffic stop in Delft after 23:00 on Sunday evening, 19 July 2026.
While the officers were issuing a traffic fine they noticed a man walking by, carrying a crying baby.
On closer inspection, officers said they noticed the child was not dressed warmly enough for the conditions, nor was it covered with a blanket. They also noticed the man, who identified himself as the baby’s father, was intoxicated.
The officers acted immediately and took the infant, along with the father, to Delft police station where they activated social workers to investigate the matter and get the child to a place of safety.
“One can only wonder how this situation might have turned out had our officers not intervened. It so happens that, in the last week, our enforcement agencies also arrested 93 motorists for drunk driving. “These incidents are stark reminders of how we have normalised alcohol abuse, when, in fact, it remains one of the most devastating challenges to our social fabric,” said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, Alderman JP Smith.
Vrou (22), man (35) vir verberging aangekla
Twee verskyn oor babalykie
MISDAADTONEEL: Hanover Park, Kaapstad: ‘n Jong vrou en man sal na verwagting, Woensdag 22 Julie 2026 in die hof verskyn na die ontdekking van ‘n pasgebore baba in ‘n vlak graf.
Die nuus van die baba wat gesoek word het na 16:30 op Sondag, 19 Julie 2026 soos ‘n veldbrand deur die Hanover Park-gemeenskap versprei.
Nadat die owerhede in kennis gestel is, is ‘n soektog van stapel gestuur. Omstreeks 23:00 Sondagaand is die baba se liggaam, toegedraai in plastiek, in ‘n vlak graf op ‘n oop veld langs Downberg-weg gevind.
‘n Skakelbeampte vir die Wes-Kaapse polisie, Thembakazi Mpendukana, het gesê die polisie het ‘n saak van verberging van geboorte geopen. Mpendukana het bevestig ‘n 23-jarige vrou en 35-jarige man is gearresteer en sal na verwagting Woensdag hul eerste verskyning in die Athlone-landdroshof maak.
Newborn found buried in shallow grave
Two to appear for concealment
CRIME SCENE: Hanover Park, Cape Town: A young woman and man are expected to appear in court on Wednesday, 22 July 2026 following the discovery of a newborn baby on an open field.
Just after 16:30 on Sunday, 19 July 2026 news spread quickly throughout the Hanover Park community that a baby had been buried in a shallow grave on an open field in Downberg Road.
Once the authorities were notified, a search was launched and about 23:00 on Sunday evening, the baby’s body was found wrapped in plastic.
A media liaison officer for the Western Cape police, Thembakazi Mpendukana, said police opened a case of concealment of birth. Mpendukana confirmed that a 23-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man were taken into custody and are expected to make their first appearance at the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.